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TTIP Information Network introduction video to the TTIP negotiations between the US and EU.

Unite the Union Training and Political Officer Brendan Ogle warns workers about TTIP.

Workers in Ireland are lower paid and more productive than their European counterparts. Irish businesses are more profitable too. It’s only fair that low paid workers in Ireland receive a fair pay increase.

Joe Jamison (Trade Unionist, New York) speaks to Connolly Media Group about James Connolly’s long-term legacy in America.

At the twenty-fifth Desmond Greaves annual school 2013, Louise O’Reilly, SIPTU Sector Organiser, speaks to Connolly Media Group on Woman and the Labour Movement since 1913.

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We want to show there is widespread member support across unions for a radical programme of workers rights in Ireland. We want to put pressure on unions and political parties to adopt this programme. While each demand itself is inherently winnable with popular support, achieved together, it would result in a significant shift in the balance of power in Ireland away from big business and toward working people.